Flashback Friday

Today we revisit this week in 2012...

Ayla was enjoying a high edge.

Marley was enjoying searching for mousies...

And rolling around in the dry dirt...

Iza was trying for some good selfies...

And she scored on this one!

Flashback Friday

Today we revisit this week in 2012.  It is all about Marley resting...

He loved (and still loves) the platform I built.

The sides were his pillow.

He loved it.

But he also loved the dresser drawer.  

A LOT!

As long as it was comfy stuffed with my clothes...

But good napping places get attention.  The other Mews wanted to enjoy the comfy, too!  Marley refused the requests.  Well, he was there first, you know.

But it was OK.  Iza and Ayla went to the tree, which was also a fine place to be.

Ayla an Iza

Sitting on a tree,

N-A-P-P-I-N-G 

So it all worked out well...

Flashback Friday

IZA:  Oh my, we are week off on this, these pictures of Grandad are in late June in 2012.  But better late than never. 

Grandad was just arrived for 2 years after spending weeks in a hospital for a bumpy on the head but also some confusions that wouldn't go away.  The hospital called TBT one day and said "come get him cuz he can't live alone or drive any more".  Dad and his brother flew on wings a plane down there and got him home and packed his stuff into Grandad's car.  Brother drove Grandad to our house and Dad flew home ahead to set up a bed and stuff.

Brother took Grandad's car away for him not to drive.  Dad settled him into the house with us.  Grandad was friendly to us in an odd sort of confused way.  He thought some of us were cats from ages ago and sometimes he thought he was in a hotel in Pennsylvania, but we dint mind.
 
Sometimes he went out on the deck.  He liked watching me.  He talked to me a lot.

 He always liked me best.

But he had a hard time standing out on the deck.  

I sat on his lap a lot.  He liked that.  He called me "Jeremy" often but that was OK too.  TBT says that was the cat he knew best "before", and what does a name really matter annyway?  He liked me.  And I liked him too.

He stayed with us 2 years, but finally needed more care than we could do.  Auntie Susan found him a good place to settle his last couple years.  He liked the place.

I kinna miss him though. 

Flashback Friday

This day in 2012, Marley was enjoying the huts on the cat trees.

They fit him purrfectly back then.

He loved all of the huts...

And my Dad was here.  He had his favorite chair, and enjoyed having Iza sit with him.  Iza liked him too.

Dad always claimed he didn't like cats "all that much", but he always gave them good attention and especially good solid ones like Iza.  I think he thought "guys were supposed to prefer dogs".  He was always good to the family cats though.  He even got caught talking to them nicely when he thought no one else was around.  LOL!

Dad had the best last couple years here.  He was sinking, alone, in Florida the 4 years after Mom died.  Taking care of him for 2 years was good for me too.  We talked a lot.  He didn't always make sense around sunset (that is an actual specific problem), but he did remember things most of the time and seemed happy to be with me (and the cats).

BlogBlast For Peace 2012

"What the world needs now is love, sweet love

It's the only thing that there's just too little of.."

"Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal"

"Peace is beyond our individual grasp.   We have to clasp the hands of others for it to spread"

"Peace means sharing yer favrit Nip toy with another"

(TBT helped us with this, the 3rd is his, but that last one is OURS - Ayla, Iza, and Marley)